I did everything I could do for you.
I've taken care of you for ten years.
Is this your thanes?
I gave you a monthly allowance of 200,000 yen.
200,000 since last summer.
It was 100,000 before.
1,200,000 a year.
10,800,000 for 9 years.
Plus 2,400,000. 13,200,000 in total.
You calculate quickly.
Why not? I・m a good merchant.
If you tale of money, l will, too.
I sold my ten years for 13,200,000 yen. A bargain.
So it was fair business.
We're even.
I thought better of you.
Where's Terucho?
In bed.
With her.
I'm awake. Good morning.
What did you do with my son?
He made love to me.
Why did you seduce him?
I didn't. He seduced me.
He's an innocent student. Engaged, too.
You're a slut. It's clear who seduced whom.
You can't tell what happens between a boy and a girl.
Liee father, liee son. He's good at making love.
He caressed me all night.
He licked me all over my body.
I entertain customers.
Sometimes l make love for money.
But I・m a human being. We're equal.
Why did you hit me?
We're through!
Parting is simple.
I bought this house.
It belongs to me. Understand?
Purify the entrance.
I'm sorry, Madam.
It's destined to come.
What a stingy swine! kick him out.
He doesn't deserve you.
What happened?
He called me out to a restaurant.
He said he fell in love with me.
I was afraid it was a trice.
But it wasn't his mother's idea.
I thought he could help you. So l...
I slept with him.
But he surprised me. He was a technician.
How could his father know?
Did he tell his dad?
No, not between father and son.
Strange.
I told him.
Why?
It was my strategy.
To make him consider that you seduced me.
He might think Madam planned it.
He'd storm into her place and say they'd be through.
You're smart.
And l had sweet memories of you.
You used me.
You don't know anything, so forget it.
You look bright and carefree.
You think you're smart.
But you don't understand.
We're human beings, too.
You're learned.
You're promising.
Get promoted.
You're lucky. Goodbye.
Wait, Terucho!
Ass!
No!
Stop!
It's a little act of filial piety.
Sex and filial piety? Two birds with one stone.
Make way for me!
Hey, punk! l sued you for rape.
Rape?
You raped me by force.
Don't make me laugh.
Laugh, if you can. You'll be summoned to court.
No! He's engaged!
What a pity!
What's going on?
She seduced our son.
Not only him.
His dad made love to me, too.
father!
You ruined our reputation!
No! She's a liar.
They call it an orgy.
Let's meet in court. Goodbye.
Thanes.
Thanes a lot.
Sato!
What is it?
My man is gone!
I'm sorry.
He stopped coming, so I went to his house.
His neighbor said he went to his hometown last week.
Where?
I don't know.
Having been his concubine for 15 years, you don't know?
Why didn't he tell me?
He took my 100,000 yen and the 500,000 yen you borrowed?
Yes.
What happened to his new company?
It's not that he'll return home as a success.
He'll feel small.
So l told you to be careful.
Not to depend on him.
I'm a fool. Hopelessly stupid,
If you regret it, you shouldn・t have become a geisha..
You stole him from his family. Be ready for punishment.
Bring brandy.
Hennessy.
Let's have a drink.
You're fortunate.
If he hadn't left you, you'd have lost everything, money and all.
Buck up!
Tears won't help.
Somemaru, open up!
It's me!
Somemaru!
Morning already?
Wake up!
Somemaru! Wake up!
It's me! Open up!
Quiet! It's late!
So what?
Open the door!
Wake up, you whore!
I'll call the police!
Police?
I'm sorry. Excuse me.
Tokieo is her name?
Yes.
How long?
four years.
I hear she's a good dancer.
Yes. She's talented. She trains hard.
When'll be her debut?
Anytime. I・m waiting for the chance.
It'll cost a lot to make a debut as a maiko.
kimono and parties... 5 million yen in all.
Exactly.
Let me help you.
Really? Thane you.
May l choose her first man?
Yes, of course.
Mr. Tamura will be her sponsor.
The Tamura?
No?
All right.
He'll pay 3 million yen.
Thane you.
We'll share it fifty-fifty. Agreed?
Agreed.
The sponsor will take her twice. Let's find her patron later.
Yes, thane you.
Let's hold a big party for her debut.
Thane you.
Hanaman was impressed. She offered to help you.
You're going to make your debut.
It'll cost 5,000,000 yen to make you a maiko.
3,000,000 for your costume. 2,000,000 for your party.
We aren't rich. It・s not easy to raise the money.
I'm sorry.
To become a maiko means to become a woman.
To lose your virginity.
Your sponsor will sleep with you and make you a woman.
I understand.
I'm glad you do.
Thanes.
That's the rule.
You can't live here neglecting the rule.
Your party will be the 21st of next month.
So practice dancing till then.
Congratulations!
Thane you.
Mr. Tamura will break her cherry.
That rich loser?
Is his legend true?
Yes. It was long ago, but I still remember.
Each time he lost his love,
he presented a big fish to every geisha house around here.
The good old days. No one liee him now.
He has acres of cedar forests.
He's so rich he never counts coins.
He can lay all the girls here with his money.
He's 78.
He's old now.
He still wants to break a maiko's cherry.
Poor Toeieo!
Someone must do it.
Maybe an old man is better. He'll treat her kindly.
Hanaman backs her. She'll have good patrons.
She's lucky.
Madam needs a lot of money for Toeieo, but
she lost her patron. She's having a hard time.
She's through with him?
We can't depend on our patrons, after all.
Yours ran away, too.
Hello. Somemaru, you got a job.
Did you overhear us?
Of course not.
Police. Let us look at your room upstairs.
Why?
Someone called us.
He said you're running a whorehouse.
It's against the law.
Excuse me. The cops have come.
Go to the roof and get dressed.
Let us check.
Don't worry.
If you disagree, I'll ask another dealer.
It's not that, but...
I know we haven't paid all our bills.
So I think I must order her kimono from you.
Once she becomes a geisha, she'll need many a kimono.
And she'll buy them from you.
Liee our other girls.
They owe us 8,000,000 yen.
I know.
You're an employee. I understand your anxiety.
I run a geisha house. My credit still stands.
You'll get paid in the end. Don't worry.
You probably know...
Mr. Yoshieawa...
He walked out on me.
I'm through with him.
I need help.
I'm not a woman who forgets favors.
Someday I・ll reciprocate your kindness.
Welcome.
Will you be a maiko?
Yes. So help me.
Leave it there.
She's nice.
She'll be a star.
Naturally.
In settlements for a year.
No!
Your shop is one of her sponsors.
How many kimono will she buy for five, ten years?
Your taxi company is on a strike. Aren't you busy?
It was settled long ago.
I sent some geisha to the union leaders' beds, and settled it.
Men are helplessly devoted to sex.
Even a 78 year old man wants to break a geisha's cherry.
Should we praise him or despise him?
You should praise him.
Thanes to those stupid men, we can keep our job.
What do you think about chastity?
We have nothing liee that.
We're free people. We have our own morals.
Your own morals? Liee what?
How to handle men.
With chastity, we can't do anything.
Try to handle me.
first, Terucho. Next, Kimiryo.
I come in third?
The last. No more girls.
Will you pay a lot?
Don't mix money with love.
Money is the core of our morals.
How much?
50,000 yen?
50,000? Me?
My body?
Quiet! They'll hear you.
Let them hear us!
You bid so little for my body!
If you're a man, say 3,000,000 like the rich old man!
Even 50,000 is too much for a slut.
You can't lay a girl without money. Get out!
Go home and count coins!
See? This is our new set of morals.
Goodbye!
Welcome.
Somemaru in?
No, she's not in.
Liar! Bring her here.
Whatever you want, she's out.
Who are you?
I live here.
A would-be geisha?
You can leave a message for her.
Would-be!
Listen. Listen to me!
You too are going to cheat men with your lies.
This is a den of vixens.
How many vixens live here?
If you have no message, go home.
Somemaru! Come out!
Be quiet!
We're not in a forest.
Lower your voice.
Vixen!
Somemaru squeezed my money.
She can't get away with it!
Poor guy! She shook you off?
You're scum!
The Anti-Prostitution Act will finish you.
What are you to make love to scum?
You teach psychology.
But you'll never understand our psychology.
Very funny!
Your psychology? What is it?
Cheat before being cheated.
That's a geisha's way.
One more thing.
Goodbye money, goodbye love.
You can hear it in a drama.
finance of 1,000,000 yen is easy for you to get.
It's not easy.
You have Yoshieawa for your patron.
I'm through with him.
Really?
Through with him?
He was my rival in love.
Now you ask me for money.
All right. I・ll finance you.
But I・m a moneylender. I want something.
Name your interest.
No interest.
I lost my love before. I want to get it back.
I want your body.
I know I・m wretched.
You can refuse.
Maybe it's better that way.
It's a deal.
I didn't expect it.
But you can't have me in this restaurant.
Take me to a hotel.
Stop at the corner, please.
Welcome home.
I'm back.
Would you liee to take a bath?
You prepared it?
Toeieo.
I'd liee to eat something.
Other girls?
Gone to bed.
Go home before you become a maiko.
No.
Spend a night with your mother and father.
No.
You sure?
If you don't want to.
Go somewhere else and enjoy yourself.
Do so.
Toeieo.
It's late. Do it tomorrow.
Come here.
You let me decide everything about your future, but...
If you don't liee it, say so.
What do you think as you watch our life?
Nothing particular.
The Anti-Prostitution Act will be enforced.
Be honest with me.
Aren't you reluctant to be a maiko?
I want to be a maiko, then a geisha, quickly.
I want to make money.
What for?
My family is poor.
I want to help them live well.
What l cherish is...
Money.
I'll do anything for money.
I...
I'm glad you'll make me a maiko.
I'm grateful.
I don't know what you really feel, but...
I'll take your word for it.
Honestly speaking...
I need 1,000,000 yen to make you a maiko.
I got finance.
Not without a sacrifice.
But now l think it wasn't wasted.
After you become a maiko, then a geisha,
things will happen.
Be sure to keep your mind strong.
Don't yield to your ego.
Well done. You're a good dancer now.
Listen. Toeieo is going to be a maiko.
Congratulate her.
Congratulations!
Thane you.
We'll hold a party for Toeieo tonight.
It's okay, but don't skip your job.
We'll cut it short.
It's the same.
All right. Make it a big party.
Thane you.
Omocha means a toy. Who named you that?
Hanaman.
We're expensive living toys for gentlemen.
Omocha, he's 78 years old.
Treat him gently.
Don't worry.
Madam taught you. Right?
Yes.
Time flies.
We were liee her once.
My first man was a famous priest.
He was impotent.
What a racket!
Let us join you.
Omocha's starting a new life.
As our senior, tell her about your first man.
Oh, no.
It's an old story. Let's celebrate her.
Hear her determination.
Tell it to us.
My determination is...
Come on!
''Going my way.''
Well said! Let's have fun.
Cheers!
How do you write a letter ''A?''
Write this way and that way.
How do you write a letter ''K?''
Write this way and that way.
''Omocha''
I'm going to introduce myself.
Good.
Good luck.
Thane you.
Thane you all.
You're pretty.
Congratulations!
Good luck!
Thane you.
Welcome.
This is Omocha, the new maiko.
Congratulations! Please come in.
Omocha.
She looks very nice.
Thane you.
Please be nice to me.
Mr. Tamura is waiting.
Let us in.
I'm sorry we're late.
This is Omocha.
How do you do, sir.
Come over here.
Thane you.
I have expensive incense.
Try.
Excuse me.
Thane you.
As usual, your incense is superb.
Name?
''Summer Water.''
Precisely!
Why don't you try?
What?
Incense.
You watched me.
Hold it this way.
And smell it.
Excuse me.
Thane you.
Good.
How do you liee it?
It reminds me of the sound of my father's loom.
Sound of a loom? Poetic.
To us kids, it indicated poverty
and loneliness.
Is that so?
Tell me your name again.
Omocha, sir.
Yes, Omocha.
Good name.
Step in.
You may come out.
Excuse me.
Come this way.
Come in.
They're ladies-in-waiting to help the bride.
A traditional custom.
They're for you.
Annoyed?
No, sir.
Strip.
Come here.
What's funny?
I'm intoxicated by the order of incense.
Please be nice to me.
The End.
Some say that in Kyoto after dark...
Those geisha's laughing voices are still streaming in the wind.
(Subtitle Revised by HchC)
Starring
MAKI MIYAMOTO
KAHO MINAMI
MAI KITAJIMA
RYOKO GI
YUMIKO NOGAWA
MARIKO OKADA
MASAHIKO TSUGAWA
SUMIKO FUJI
Staff
Producers
MASAO SATO
TETSUO TAIRA
KINJI FUKASAKU
Co-Producers
IZUMI TOYOSHIMA
TAKASHI KASUGA
NORIKO KOYANAGI
Original Screenplay by
KANETO SHINDO
Director of Photography
DAISAKU KIMURA
Production Designer
YOSHINOBU NISHIOKA
lighting by
KIYOTO ANDO
Music by
MASAMICHI AMANO
Translated by
TADASHI SHISHIDO
Directed by KINJI FUKASAKU